Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Rare earth elements are not rare in the Earth's crust, but they are seldom found in concentrated forms, making them expensive ...

They are in your phone and your car, yet most people have never heard of them. As demand for clean energy and high-tech gadgets soars, rare earth elements have become more indispensable ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

Part of being a child is not really knowing the reasons for everything. I remember being in my teens when I realized that I ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Cosmic archeologists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to excavate ancient disk galaxies that tell the story of how ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

The mayor of the southern Mexican town of San Pedro Huamelula, Daniel Gutierrez, participated on Monday (June 30) in a unique ...

When we think of fossils, giant prehistoric creatures like dinosaurs may come to mind. But the fossil record also holds the remains of smaller ...

Beijing’s dominance in the rare earth industry is the result of decades of targeted state efforts – and a willingness to ...